Percepción de los tutores sobre el conocimiento del estrés y sus efectos nocivos en la salud de los gatos atendidos en la Veterinaria D Gatos.

Abstract

The domestic cat is a specie that can become easily stressed, the responses to the presence of bad stimulus can vary from behavioral problems to the presence of stress-influenced diseases. Due to the signs being very subtle, the owners tend to fail identifying stress until their cat suffers from behavioral or systemic disorders. The objective of this investigation was to determine the perception of tutors about the signs of stress and his impact on the health of cats through the development of surveys made up of 4 sections: general or demographic information, environmental, social and knowledge of stress-related disorders. A total of 106 surveyed were obtained, these were tutors who attended to medical consultation at Veterinaria D gatos. The score achieve by the owners was classified in low medium and high levels of knowledge. Obtaining the 40 % of the studied population having a low level of knowledge, 31 % having a high level of knowledge and 29 % having a medium level of knowledge about stress and its harmful effects on the health of cats.